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Show DESTitliCTJON OF THE JIAJ.J,. 14 1 flee-poured forth a volley of oaths-and dispersed,-reminding one of the couplet, «The king or F1·:mcc, with f011y lhousnnd men, i\l:wchcd uplhc hill-and then m:wcl1cd down agnin." A single fact more, to show the dangerous tendency of mobocracy. Some persons think lightly of dis1urbances of the peace when abolitionists only are persecuted. The history of mobs warns against the belief that the rioters will be easily checked, or will be satisfied with a single object of attack. On Saturday the threats against abolition were beginning to be less frequent, and the mob began to talk of regulating other malters of public interest. It was, therefore, with good reason that the friends of certain institutions now began to deprecate "great popular movements., One of the bani's was guarded with armed men. The mob, it will be remembered, commenced on ' Vedncsday even ing, the 16th of May. After it had run its course against abolition, the following proclamation was issued : 2000 Dollars Reward. 1\Luou's 0.-rl tF., l\hy '23, 1838. 'l'IM excitement growing out or the d:~ring outr:~gc ]>CI']>Cll'!ltcd :~gainst the laws having 11tbsidcd, I t:~ke the em·liest oppm·tunity or m:1king known to my fellow citizens my determination of aclopt· iug C\'CI'Y means within my l)()WCI' to lll'l'est lind bring to tl'iHI those who so recklessly th:licd the Law, l ,thcrcforc, herebyollb·:~ l·cwardof'l'WO TIIOL'SAND DOLLAHS,f(wthcnpp•·ehcnsion nntl conviction of the ,•ilc J>CI'pctl':llOI· 01' pcrpctratoi'S who, on Thui'Slb)' nigl•t last, lu'Okc into and fi1·cJ the Pennsylvania H :~ll.• Jonx Swn·T, JJfayor. The account of the outrage had travelled to Harrisburg-the Governor had issued hi! proclamation-and it had been received in this city before that of the Mayor made its appearance. They were both published on the same day in the papers of this cily. The Governor's is as follows: PEXXSYLV.!INJ./1, SS. 1n the name and by the Authority of the Commonwcallh or Pcnnsylnmin. BY JOSEPH RITNI~R, Gover 11M· of said CommoiJWtaltll. A PllOCLAMATION. \ Vhcrcas 1 hn"c lcarn. ..'< l with the deepest 1·eg•·ct that the soil of l'ennsylv:mi:t h:'ls been dis-f~~~ c~.;~t~lle1~~~h:l~co~1~~~~~i~:~11~1~~;:~~~~sc~~~tl~~~~~·~~~~~~~::~~:; 1J:·~~~~~~~st~;~~·~~~.,~!t1~c~sf o~c~~~~; he1·etofo•·e only contemplated nt a tlist:mcc, us d:~ngcrous excesses on tl1c plll't of othen. They have now been enacted in Ol\1' midst, and assumed a fo1·m the most tlcstl·ucti\'C of propcl't}' :mtl ~lomcstic <]Uict, the most inimicAl to indh·itlunlrights, and the most ruinous to social hlll'l\lOny nnd public or<lt!l', that can be conceived. Tin.: torch or the incendiary has b1..'Cn flJI]Jiicd lly unnmsked viol:~lOI'S of law, in the d:'lrkncss of night, in the heart of a crowded city, m•<l for the avowed pm•. pose of preventing the cx:cl•cise or the COIIStitutional auJ invaluable right of " the fl'ec communiC.'l· tion of thoughts nnd opinions:" And wheT·eas, if it he ll'Ue tl•at "c\'cn ei"I'OI' of opinion may be tolel·fltcd while renson is left f1·ee to combat it," the practice of combating supposed CI'I'OI' with the fi1·ehl·and, Ot' of punishing C\'CII cl'imc without the eslllhlished ]li'OCCSS of law, must be the \'CI'Y essence or tyranny: And whereas it is the duty of the m:Jgist1·atc to protect all in the ex:c1·cisc of thei1· constitutional rights without reS(>CCt to the <JUCstion whether their !"eS]>CCtive objects be 01· be not ng1·ecable to hinuclfor others, so long ns theil' dcj)(ll'tment is I>C:lCCiul :md the obj,•ct lawful : Ami whCI'C'.l& it is the 1luty of the Govc1·nn1' of this commonwc11lth," totnke care that the laws be li1ithfully executed," cspecinlly in cases whe•·e cno1·mity t1-:msccnds the magnitude of common guilt: Thcl·crorc, 101' the purpose of JWOmoting :md scem·ing the apprehension or tl•e w1·ong-<l()('rs in the lfi~·~1ilsf~:~~l·r~dW~l\~!~.t•;:::• t~~:~;~:~?~i~~~s~~~ a~:~d c;~~·i~~~~:~~f:'l!~~i.(~n~c~~~,!y 01';;~~ ~~;n~~d ~~ • ll is prOJ>Cr lo state that lhc italic ising iu thi1 J>ruclllmatiou i' our Oil' /I, |